About Matthes Crest:

Classic, pretty, 5th class traverse. a couple of 5.7 moves, but most of the route is 4th class.

Approach:

several approach possibilities. I like taking the cathedral trail until just a few hundred meters south of taking a swim in the little lake along the way. Travel offtrail (east) about a mile or so to get to the southern end of the traverse.

Approach Time:

depends on your VO2. an hour would be pretty damned fast. 3 hours would be pretty damned slow.

Latitude, Longitude:

37.82203, -119.39773

Access Issues:

Zero

Rock Type:

Granite

Type of Climbing:

Trad

Sun Aspect:

Morning Sun

Routes

SequenceSequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes.